School Will Close for Two Days So Students Can Attend Fair

Wednesday, October 2, 1912: I guess I’ll go tomorrow. We have Thursday and Friday off. Think I’m glad of it

Recent photo of Milton. In the early 1900’s,the fairgrounds were north of town.

Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:

Grandma was referring to the Milton Fair in this post. The previous day, she mentioned that it was fair week.

It’s interesting how the school closed for two days so that students could attend the fair. What was the educational aspect of the fair? . . .or maybe the teacher just figured that students would skip school anyway for the fair, so he might as well give them the days off.

I think that when I was a child that we got a half day off to attend another fair–the Bloomsburg Fair. I wonder if schools do that any more.

9 thoughts on “School Will Close for Two Days So Students Can Attend Fair”

Most likely many of the students were involved with the fair, either as workers or exhibitors. This was the case when I was growing up. Good thing that it was during the summer or many people would have skipped school.

We still have a day off for the “show” as we call it…an agricultural show. It happens around Australia. Don’t know what the rationale is exactly: educational, the opportunity to spend $$, the chance to learn about rural life????

We were off for a half day but when my children were in school, the practice was long gone. My children’s teachers sent notes concerning the day the class would attend the fair, so, they still got their half day. My local fair begins this week and there will be school buses taking children to the fair.